As guidance shifts from simple time limits to rules about content, timing and context, research suggests families are being left with more guilt and confusion than clarity. Parents trying to make sense of children’s screen use are being asked to…
A six-year milestone for the Art of Homeschooling Podcast revisits a simple way to ease burnout: strip back overloaded routines before rebuilding them gradually. Homeschool families often respond to mounting pressure by adding more: more worksheets, more activities, more structure,…
Smearing, squashing and grabbing food can help babies build motor skills, explore textures and move towards independent eating , provided parents keep choking risks in check. What looks like a spectacular mealtime mess can still be a useful lesson in…
From crawling and climbing to rocking and carrying, ordinary play helps young children develop balance, body awareness and self-regulation , without turning every developmental difficulty into a diagnosis. Helen Battelley’s account of primitive reflexes and sensory development makes a simple…
A study at Goa Medical College found psychiatric conditions in more than half of young cleft-care patients, with mental health problems particularly common among those who missed follow-up appointments. A study from Goa Medical College has found that more than…
Early years settings are being urged to build responsive curricula around their children, families and communities, while embedding maths and STEM in everyday play and reviewing provision as needs change. Early years providers are being urged to shape their own…
Practitioners are being urged to treat communication breakdowns as a shared responsibility, rather than expecting autistic children alone to adapt to non-autistic norms. In the eleventh instalment of her 12-part series on autistic experience, Jo Grace argues that one of…
Commentary suggests that dependent adults are shaped less by teachers than by family habits that deny children responsibility, choice and room to grow. The debate over so-called “mama’s boys” often begins with blame, but the available commentary suggests a more…
Children entering KG1, KG2 or Grade 1 at August- and September-start schools will be assessed against a 31 December age cut-off from the 2026-2027 academic year. Parents in the UAE face a familiar challenge every admissions season: deciding when a…
A meta-analysis of 66 studies suggests that social and emotional learning can improve pupils’ prosocial behaviour, with shorter interventions sometimes outperforming more intensive programmes. A new meta-analysis suggests that school-based social and emotional learning programmes can do more than help…
